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| Source of cupping therapy-research on Jiao method in Prescriptions for Fifty-two Kinds of Diseases |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2013.02.09 |
| Key Words
Jiao Fa;cupping therapy;cupping;silk scrolls |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | CHEN Ze-lin | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bloodletting and Cupping Committee of China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin 300193, China |
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| This paper aims to illustrate the meaning of the expression in the chapter Hemorrhoid in Prescriptions for Fifty-two Kinds of Diseases, in which “the horn is used for cupping and retaining the cupping there for a time for cooking two Dou of rice” and finally removed the cupping forcefully because of a high pressure in it. It holds that the expression shows the facility for Jiao Fa, cupping therapy, which is called “Xiao Jiao”, Zhang Jiao made by the horn of ox, sheep, and deer. Jiao in the word of “Jiao Zhi” serves as a verb, which means cupping or touch. The manipulation and retaining time are also indicated by the vivid description of “cooking two Dou of rice”. Zhang in the word of “Zhang Jiao” points out that removing the cupping should be finished forcefully. This paper also displays that the hemorrhoid treated by cupping therapy in Prescriptions for Fifty-two Kinds of Diseases refers to the external hemorrhoid. Prescriptions for Fifty-two Kind of Diseases describes the Jiao Fa, cupping therapy, in the following aspects: cupping facility, body part for cupping, manipulation and retaining time, which are the earliest record for cupping. |
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